Markov Chains and Dynamical Systems (MCD), Fall 2026

Budapest Semesters in Mathematics

 
Péter Bálint
Email: balint.peter@ttk.bme.hu
Office outside BSM: Egry József utca 1, Building H of the BME campus, office 302
Here is a map of the vicinity of building H



 

  • A syllabus, containing the topics covered, the course requirements etc.
  • A log, to track what has been discussed at the classes

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  • Cancellations and Makeup classes:
    • classes on October 13 (Tuesday) and October 15 (Thursday) are canceled
    • makeup classes:
      • October 5, Monday, 8am-10, Room 002
      • October 19, Monday, 8am -10, Room 002
      • November 2, Monday, 8am-10, Room 002

  • Quizzes:
    • this was the First Quiz on September 17, Thursday
    • this was the Second Quiz on September 29, Tuesday
    • this was the Third Quiz on October 6, Tuesday
    • the Fourth Quiz is scheduled to take place on October 20, Tuesday, at the beginning of the class.

  • Homeworks:

  • Midterm Exam: on November 3, Tuesday
  • For a Probability recap, you may also consult Sections 1-10 in these Lecture notes, or Appendix A in Durrett's book
  • A cool animation by Alexey Korepanov on how Brownian motion emerges from a dispersing billiard
  • This video by Kelsey Houston-Edwards (PBS Infinite Series) is a nice intro to Markov chains

 


 

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me (see above).